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- Sure, Melanoma comes from skin cells called melanocytes. These cells produce melanin, the dark pigment that gives skin its color. Most melanomas are black or brown in color, but some are pink, red, purple or skin-colored.
- Can you go into more detail as to what melanoma is?
- A major risk factor for melanoma is overexposure to sunlight, especially sunburns when you are young. Statistics tell us that 86% of melanomas are caused by solar ultraviolet (UV) rays.
- That makes sense because I never wore sunscreen as a child and always got sunburn.
- Is melanoma Treatable?
- What do you think caused melanoma?
- There are a couple ways to reduce the risk of melanoma or other skin cancers some are Avoid the sun during the middle of the day. ...Wear sunscreen year-round. ...Wear protective clothing. …
- Yeah I didn't do any of that
- So Dr.steve was there any way to prevent this cancer?
- You can reduce your risk of getting another melanoma by always protecting your skin from the sun.
- Can I prevent my melanoma from spreading?Ok I will do that.
- melanoma is usually curable when detected and treated early which in yalls case we did. Once it has spread deeper into the skin or other parts of the body, it becomes more difficult to treat and can be deadly.
- Thank goodness I saw that and Jimmy over here said it was nothing.
- That doesn't seem too bad, let's do it!
- We will perform a basic surgery to get the infected area removed. It will take about an hour.
- Hopefully you learn to start wearing your sunscreen Jimmy.
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